South Africa News

Carlos Alberto Parreira on Saturday likened Bafana Bafana's incredibly tough World Cup draw to climbing Mount Everest, but promised that his much-doubted team would strive to "make South Africa proud" next year.

ANYONE WHO still clings to the notion that crime doesn't pay might want to look away from their television sets on the evening of June 11th next year.

South African Oscar winner Charlize Theron and Nobel Peace laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Frederik W. de Klerk will be among the star-studded cast attending Friday's World Cup draw ceremony.

AEK Athens v Everton. Click here to bet. Click here to follow us on Twitter! Click here for our special Transfer Centre! Click here for more football headlines! Steven Pienaar is prepared to play through the pain barrier as he looks to help Everton salvage their season.

Supersport United striker Glen Salmon deserves to be recalled to Bafana Bafana for their 2010 World Cup campaign.

Jamaica's Reggae Boyz will not be facing South Africa in their reciprocal friendly international before next year's FIFA World Cup.

Having already produced an impressive array of high calibre players including Steven Pienaar and Mark Boucher, a new generation of sports fans are flocking to South Africaa s sun kissed shores to witness the rise of new sporting stars.

TOTTENHAM are the first London club to sign up to stage World Cup games if England are hosts in 2018.

Orlando Stadium, Soweto, on a Saturday afternoon in October. The foghorn of hundreds of plastic trumpets, called vuvuzelas, wafts up out of the stands across the sprawling township as if calling Sowetans to prayer.

Bafana Bafana and Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar has been named the 2009 Bafana Bafana Player of the Year.

Bafana Bafana head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira's new era with the South African national side got off to a good start when a new-look Bafana held the highly rated Japan to a hard fought 0-0 draw in a friendly international clash watched by 44 000 enthusiastic fans at the new Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday.

A lack of goals continues to haunt hosts South Africa as the 2010 World Cup countdown reaches the 200-day mark on Sunday.

BLOEMFONTEIN : Goal-shy 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa flopped again on Tuesday when held 0-0 by Jamaica in a lacklustre friendly.

World Cup hosts South Africa get another chance Tuesday against Jamaica in Bloemfontein to cure the scoring sickness that has infected the team.

Bafana Bafana are determined to take another step on the long road to recovery when they face Jamaica in their final friendly international of 2009 at the Free State Stadium on Tuesday night.

BAFANA Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has advised visibly heavy striker Benni McCarthy to seriously consider a move away from English premier league side Blackburn Rovers during the January transfer window if he wants to lead the national team to the 2010 Soccer World Cup.

Wales scored three first-half goals Saturday to beat Scotland 3-0 in an international friendly.

Shavar Thomas, McCarthy Chivas USA defender Shavar Thomas has benefited from his team's elimination from the US Major League Soccer championship with a national recall.

UPDATE: BENNI McCarthy maintains that he is the - best striker' on Blackburn Rovers' books as he moves ever closer to an Ewood Park exit.

Benni McCarthy is back and is determined to do what he does best for Bafana Bafana - score goals.